Meaning of below | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Down, below, downstairs.
2. In or to a lower place.
   not-comparable
3. On or to a lower storey.
   not-comparable
4. On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck.
   not-comparable
5. Later in the same text.
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6. Below zero.
   not-comparable

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Examples

“The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below.”

“He was pulled below by a sea monster.”

“But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. […]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].”

“She lives below, on the ground floor.”

“The captain went below to inspect⟳ the engine.”

“the landlubbers lying down below”

“This point⟳ is explained below.”

“By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass⟳ consideration under this Loan Contract as is set⟳ forth below.”

“It was forty degrees below.”

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